Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dartford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,171 approved · 1,348 refused · 485 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 2007 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
118 The Brent Dartford Kent DA2 6DE
Received 26 Feb 2026Acacia Hall Car Park South Of Dartford Town Centre Along Kent Fastway Dartford Kent DA1 1RX
Received 26 Feb 2026Mind Dartford And Gravesham 20 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EP
Received 26 Feb 202623 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HY
Received 27 Feb 2026Mind Dartford And Gravesham 20 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EP
Received 26 Feb 20268 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LQ
Received 27 Feb 202642 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DQ
Received 27 Feb 2026Double Tree By Hilton Dartford Bridge Masthead Close Dartford Kent DA2 6QF
Received 27 Feb 20262 Annie Cottages High Street Bean Kent DA2 8AT
Received 27 Feb 202632 Shenley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YE
Received 27 Feb 20266 Hulsewood Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7AD
Received 2 Mar 20266 Waltham Close Dartford Kent DA1 3LT
Received 2 Mar 2026Land East Of Lowfield Street (Copperhouse Green) Dartford Kent
Received 3 Mar 2026Temple Sheen Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QG
Received 4 Mar 20265 Drudgeon Way Bean Kent DA2 8BJ
Received 5 Mar 202618 Chichester Road Stone Kent DA9 9JT
Received 6 Mar 202619 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 6 Mar 202611 Teynham Road Dartford Kent DA2 6GE
Received 6 Mar 2026Wilmington Hall Farm Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AG
Received 6 Mar 2026Phase 2 Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 6 Mar 2026Phase 1 Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 6 Mar 20264 Langworth Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ET
Received 9 Mar 2026162 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PD
Received 9 Mar 2026Mount Croft 95 Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 9 Mar 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Dartford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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